Industrial Design in Vietnam

On the date of expiration of the time limit for substantive examination of an application at the latest,the NOIP shall send to the applicant one of the following notices[...]

1. novel industrial design - An industrial design shall be deemed to be new if it significantly differs from other industrial designs which have been publicly disclosed by use or by means of written descriptions or in any other form either inside or outside Vietnam prior to the filing date or the priority date, as applicable, of the application for registration of the industrial design.

Where an applicant for registration of an industrial design knows that such industrial design is being used by another person without prior use right for commercial purposes[...]

1. Definition Industrial design means a specific appearance of a product embodied by three-dimensional configurations, lines, colors, or a combination of these elements. Products herein are understood to mean articles, tools, equipments, or parts used for assembling such products, manufactured by industrial or handicraft methods, with a structure and clear function,...

1. General provisions on renewal of validity of protection titles Industrial design patents shall have a validity starting from the grant date and expiring at the end of 5 years after the filing date and may be renewed for two consecutive terms, each of 5 years. Request for renewal of...

Documents identifying an industrial design registered for protection in an industrial design registration application include a description and a set of photos or drawings of such industrial design[...]

In order to register your industrial design in Vietnam, We would like the Power of Attorney (POA) from your firm[...]

An application for a Industrial design registration filed with the NOIP shall be subject to formality examination for evaluating its validity[...]

Documents identifying an industrial design registered for protection in an industrial design[...]

If you have a industrial design and would like to register it, SBLaw would like to inform you some information about protecting your industrial design in Vietnam for your reference:

Before the NOIP issues any of notices specified at Point 17.1.a of this Circular, an applicant may request the NOIP to record the transfer of his/her application to another person.

Documents identifying an industrial design registered for protection in an industrial design registration application include a description and a set of photos or drawings of such industrial design[...]

If client would like to file an industrial design in Vietnam, SBLaw would like to provide our guidance as follows:

SBLaw would like to provide the guideline for industrial design in Vietnam as follows:

(1) Filing the application In order to obtain right for industrial design in Viet Nam,you must file the application for granting an industrial design patent,directly or by mail,to the National Office of Intellectual Property of Viet Nam (NOIP) or its brand offices in Ho Chi Minh City or Da Nang. Organizations,individuals...